Obviously the second coming is one of the most important subjects in the Bible. Enoch, the seventh from Adam spoke of it. So did Job in the oldest book in the Bible. Then every prophet of God focused upon it. About one verse out of twenty-five in the New Testament relates to it in some way. In one sense, the whole of the Old and New Testaments relate to His second coming. God’s time line of dealing with man on earth culminates with this great climatic event. His coming is our blessed hope.
Is Jesus coming again? I believe so. People are thinking about the end of the world today more than ever before. Many books are being written about matters of the end time. Popular secular movies focus on apocalyptic events. New Age gurus with Messiah complexes mix a little fact with a lot of fancy to manipulate followers to participate in terrible, tragic and futile acts. Every earthquake, natural disaster, shocking crime, political fiasco, military conflict, mass famine, threat of worldwide disease plague or terrorism, reminds us of the signs of the end times so clearly outlined by our Saviour.
But even so, it seems His coming will surprise the world. Jesus said that no man knows the time of His coming. He will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. He said, "At an hour when you think not, even so, shall the Son of Man come."
The prophetic clock of God’s eternal time table is ticking. No angel or demon can hinder or stop it’s progress. Man has a date with destiny. God’s eternal purpose will be consummated. No mortal man, priest or potentate, rich or poor, popular or powerful, can stop the movement of the hands of God’s prophetic clock. Every grain of sand trickling through the hour glass of time brings us closer to the end time events predicted in the Word of God. - John White
We cannot stop time, nor should we wish to, but we can put it to good use in the meantime. We can do as the prophet said, "Prepare to meet our God.." We can follow the advice of the wise man and redeem the time. Or as one poet has said, "In time, take time, while time does last. For time is not time, when time is past."
In order to wisely live in these times we are commanded to be watchful. In order to be watchful we need to be informed about future events of the second coming. Since it is appointed to man once to die and after this the judgment, the second coming should be important in our thinking and life. We should start each day with the thought and prayer, "Lord help me live this day in the light of your coming."
Someone has said, "No man lives carelessly whose last thoughts at night or first thoughts in the morning are, "Jesus is coming." We who are Christians should help our lost friends understand what it will be like to be left behind at His coming. Living with an acute awareness of the second coming should move every Christian to be a constant, consistent and compassionate witness of Jesus.
It is significant that after Paul tells us we Christians must all appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ, where it will be made apparent whether our life has been valuable or worthless in the Lord’s service, that he follows this with this statement, "Therefore knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men" I believe this could only imply that we should be deeply concerned and committed to warning the lost of the judgement to come upon those who reject the gospel and the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. (See II Cor. 5:10-11, I Cor. 3:9-15) Did you ever consider that the only thing or entity we can take from this world to the world to come is the soul of another human being? (Prov. 11:30, Dan. 12:3)
Is Jesus coming again? I believe so. People are thinking about the end of the world today more than ever before. Many books are being written about matters of the end time. Popular secular movies focus on apocalyptic events. New Age gurus with Messiah complexes mix a little fact with a lot of fancy to manipulate followers to participate in terrible, tragic and futile acts. Every earthquake, natural disaster, shocking crime, political fiasco, military conflict, mass famine, threat of worldwide disease plague or terrorism, reminds us of the signs of the end times so clearly outlined by our Saviour.
But even so, it seems His coming will surprise the world. Jesus said that no man knows the time of His coming. He will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. He said, "At an hour when you think not, even so, shall the Son of Man come."
The prophetic clock of God’s eternal time table is ticking. No angel or demon can hinder or stop it’s progress. Man has a date with destiny. God’s eternal purpose will be consummated. No mortal man, priest or potentate, rich or poor, popular or powerful, can stop the movement of the hands of God’s prophetic clock. Every grain of sand trickling through the hour glass of time brings us closer to the end time events predicted in the Word of God. - John White
We cannot stop time, nor should we wish to, but we can put it to good use in the meantime. We can do as the prophet said, "Prepare to meet our God.." We can follow the advice of the wise man and redeem the time. Or as one poet has said, "In time, take time, while time does last. For time is not time, when time is past."
In order to wisely live in these times we are commanded to be watchful. In order to be watchful we need to be informed about future events of the second coming. Since it is appointed to man once to die and after this the judgment, the second coming should be important in our thinking and life. We should start each day with the thought and prayer, "Lord help me live this day in the light of your coming."
Someone has said, "No man lives carelessly whose last thoughts at night or first thoughts in the morning are, "Jesus is coming." We who are Christians should help our lost friends understand what it will be like to be left behind at His coming. Living with an acute awareness of the second coming should move every Christian to be a constant, consistent and compassionate witness of Jesus.
It is significant that after Paul tells us we Christians must all appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ, where it will be made apparent whether our life has been valuable or worthless in the Lord’s service, that he follows this with this statement, "Therefore knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men" I believe this could only imply that we should be deeply concerned and committed to warning the lost of the judgement to come upon those who reject the gospel and the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. (See II Cor. 5:10-11, I Cor. 3:9-15) Did you ever consider that the only thing or entity we can take from this world to the world to come is the soul of another human being? (Prov. 11:30, Dan. 12:3)
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